Beautiful woman dreamt of being an actress before face ravaged by killer sinus infection that destroyed features

A pretty woman's face was ravaged in just three years by a killer sinus infection that destroyed her features and left her unable to see or eat.

Beautiful Tran Thi Yen Nhung, 28, dreamed of being an actress but started suffering pains inside her nose and doctors diagnosed her with sinusitis.

The pain worsened and her worried family frantically began searching for cures before medics operated on her a year later in My Tho, Vietnam.

But the operation led to the infection worsening and despite the family spending 500 million VND - the equivalent of £180,000 - on treatments, the infection continued spreading.

Within a year it had eaten through almost all of Nhung's face - completely destroying her nose, mouth and her brow - and it was infected with flies.

He said: "The disease is different in different parts of the world. In the third world, the difference in medicine, climate and medical care are much different.

"There can be, for example, a number of different problems that don't occur in western countries. That can be down to fungus that is invasive and cause fungus balls.

"There are also other diseases that look alike and feel alike sinusitis or rare tumours that doctors are less likely to notice. In less developed countries sinus infections can be deadly but is is very rare in the west."